We all know that if you're going to the toilet for a long period of time, a fully charged phone is a must.
Often we'll be in the situation where our phone will die, meaning we're forced to read about the ingredients in a bottle of shampoo, or the safety instructions on a bottle of air freshener. It's very tedious, and ruins the whole experience.
However, after particular revelations you may find yourself reading shampoo bottles a lot more, as taking your phone into the crapper is pretty disgusting.
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Though this still might not deter you away from scrolling through Facebook and Twitter while on the throne, the thought of literally eating shit might.
Not only your germs, but the germs of people who have sat there before you will take over your phone, meaning they make their way to your face, and subsequently your mouth.
"In the loo there will be other people's germs on the seat, loo flush handle or button and loo roll holder, and the door to the cubicle," The Hygiene Doctor, Lisa Ackerley says on her website. "These germs could include anything from norovirus to salmonella.
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"If you take your phone to the toilet then you risk getting it covered in germs.
"To put it bluntly, germs go through toilet paper, so after you have finished on the loo, your hands are dirty, which is why you wash them afterwards.
"So if your hands are dirty, and contaminated with viruses or bacteria, and you pick up your phone after using the loo, then you will be transferring your germs and any others your hands have picked up onto the phone and then back on to your hands, even if you wash them after.
"The germs can then go either straight into your mouth - through nail biting or eating crisps - or from your hands to food - like making a sandwich.
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"They can also go onto any surface where the phone goes."
Bit of a pain in the arse, but I doubt it's going to effect that many people. I mean, how else are you going to look at memes while you drop the kids off at the pool? Stick them up around the bathroom? No ta.
Dr Lisa Ackerley Credit: The Hygiene Doctor
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Lisa herself doesn't say that we should be leaving our phones behind, but is simply warning us that some disgusting stuff goes on when we do so.
If you're that desperate to play Pokémon Go, Candy Crush, Angry Birds take Snapchats on the bog, she does offer some tips on doing so. A fool proof guide to successfully simultaneously pooing and using your phone, if you will.
"Keep the phone in your left hand," she says. "Don't touch anything else with your left hand.
"Use your right hand to wipe your bum, flush the loo and touch the door handle.
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"Put your phone in your pocket or handbag with your left hand and then wash both hands thoroughly." Obviously if you're left handed, reverse the process.
Despite health warnings, this girl clearly had to use her phone after being to a public loo. You can forgive her though, because she had quite the story to tell.
Some people are completely against using public toilets, given the fact that they're usually covered in piss and smell like the inside of a skunk's arsehole (the exact things Lisa warns us about) - but then there's those dire situations when you literally have no other choice.
When that type of scenario occurs it's pretty horrific - a free for all - and anyone in your way is going to have to move or they'll be covered in shit.
Nicole McCourt found herself in one of these situations after she'd accidentally bought a detox drink from Holland & Barrett's. Luckily for us, she Facebook messaged the whole ordeal to her friends.
Credit: Nicole McCourt
You'd think that at this point God would have had his last laugh with poor Nicole, but that wasn't to be.
As if her day literally couldn't get any worse, when she opened the door to let in a mother and her kid, the poor little kid started to cry, such was the potency of Nicole's mess in the loo.
Credit: Nicole McCourt
I don't think any of us can blame her for hitting toes, it's not likely that anyone would stick around if those events unfolded. What would you even say? "Sorry for the smell in there, it's just that I had a drink and my colon is doing a conga so I've shat my hopes, dreams, dinner and tea into the bog."
Luckily Nicole saw the funny side and posted it on Facebook, racking up over 7,000 likes.
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